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Jerod Foster
Pyraminx · top 27.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016FOST01
Jerod Foster has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.95, set at Puget Sound Spring 2016, puts him in the top 27.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,541st in the United States. Across 9 competitions since April 2016, he has put 125 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.39 in April 2016 to 23.38, a 51% improvement. Jerod has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.95 | 9.76 | top 27.5% | 7,541 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 23.38 | 25.22 | top 48.9% | 28,426 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 7.46 | 9.86 | top 64.0% | 26,351 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 50.39 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,058 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:11.88 | — | top 89.8% | 13,710 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 2:40.33 | — | early days — 3 solves | 17,977 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 30.62 | 36.21 | top 97.3% | 18,585 / 18,907 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 31 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Eugene Spring 2018.
- 10 Dec 2016First sub-30 3×3: 29.92 at Eugene 2016.
- 16 Apr 2016First competition: Puget Sound Spring 2016. A 47.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Eugene Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Skyline Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- PDX Cubing for Causes 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Eugene 3x3 Mania 2017 · 8 Apr 2017
- Puget Sound Winter 2017 · 25 Feb 2017
- Eugene 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Fall 2016 · 15 Oct 2016
- Atomic Cubing Summer 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Spring 2016 · 16 Apr 2016
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kit Clement — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tyler Halgren — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.